Feed-water regulator for boilers



March 3, 1931. G, WIR' 1,795,190

FEED WATER REGULATOR FOR BOILERS Filed may 1G, 1928 2 sheets-sheet 1 v l E A l llll/ mwa March 3, 1931. J. G. wElR 1,795,190

FEED WATER REGULATOR FOR BOILERS vFiled May 16, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Mfg iPatentedi Mar. 3, 1931 nire i meant J GEORGE WEIR, OF

CATI'ICART, GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, SSIGNOR T0 G. & J. WEIR, LIMITED, E' GLASGOW, SCOTLAND Flinn-Warne nEGuLn'roit non Bon-nits Application led May 16, 1928, Serial No'. 278,247, and in Great Britain .Tune 20, 1927.

ln lmodern boiler installations of high rating and small water capacity it is desirable to have a feed-water .regulator which will Vadjust the supply of feed-water in accordl ance with the momentary requirements of the boiler, so that, at any instant, the supply of feed may be such asis called for by the steaming rate of the boilerlatthat instant Vand the water' levelin the boiler. ln the 0' case of certain regulators in common use the feed-water inlet valve is either full open or quite closed, the movement from the one position to the other being accomplished in a negligibly short space of time. 1Jihis feature L., (full open or full closed valve) is, in theV case of boilers of high rating and small water capacity, a defect of considerable moment. It is the object of the present invention to provide a regulator having thedesideratuin @o above mentioned, that is, a regulator which acts so that at any momentthefeed-water is flowing into the boiler at the rate desirable at that particular instant. Y

This object is accomplished according to the present invention by a boiler feed-water 4regulator which includes a main valve which controls the admission of feed water from the feed pump to the boiler, a float-actuated leading valve, and a chamber the pressure in which controls the movement of the main valve, the characteristic features of the invention being (l) that the leading valve controls the admission of high-pressure wateri. e. the water delivered by the feed pump 5 to the boiler-to the said chamber, (2) that an opening movement of the main valve tends to close the leading valve and vice versa, and (3) 'the provision of an uncontrolled leali-off passage from the said chamber, that is, a passage which is constantly open and is not subject to any automatic control.

The following illustrative description will make the invention clear; and the invention will be plainly defined in the annexed claims.

The accompanying drawing illustrates the carrying of the invention into effect in one convenient manner. f Figure l is a sectional elevation and Figure 2 a horizontal section of an apparatus constructed in one convenient form accordf ing to the invention.

isa chamber connected top and bottom, viz, at d and e, with the boiler. The water level in this chamber is therefore approximately the same as in the boiler. ln lthis chamber is a float f mounted on a lever Xed `on a shaft u pivoted in, the casting 0 which encloses the chamber A counterweight fw is carried on another arm Z) of the same lever it. 0n the shaft .u is also fixed a short lever s having a rounded end r.

a is theV leading valve and m the main valve. The rounded end r of the'lever s is located within an opening t in the head v of the leading valve. The leading valve has ,65 a conical point 2 which seats at 5, that is, on the top end of a ductv 4 which extends through the main valve m to the chamber 15. The main valve lseats on the ring or seat 6 arranged to receive it and carried in the casting 0 which encloses the chamber m. The main valve at its lower end is provided with a piston 9 which is adapted to reciprocate in a cylinder 10 formed in, or attached to, the casting o. Y Y

1l is a port connected to the discharge ol' the feed pump, and l2 is a port leading to the boiler. lll is a duct leading from the chamber 15 (the admission of water to which is controlled by the leading valve) to the chamber' c. 16 is an uncontrolled discharge or leali-olf passage from the chamber c to the feed-tank. e outflow through this passage can however be regulated to suit a givenV set of conditions by a valve 1.8 which can be screwed in or out as desired to alter the extent of opening.

lt will be clear that rise or fall ofthe float causes respectively a fall or rise of the leading valve, thus tending to decrease or inof water to the chamber crease the iiow ot water to the cliamber c. 'lie extent of opening of the leading valve andthe (in consequence) rat ol iiow of water to the chamber c are also, it vill be seen, ai'- 'ected by the po ion ot the main valve, a rise or 'fall of tends to reduce or increase (respectively) the amount ot opening or" the leading valve. The main valve rises or falls according to the pressure in the chamber c wl ich, as will be clear f1" the relative rates ot inflow et w irough the duct lll and outils-w et water through the passage 16. 'l he inflow through the duct le ds onV the amount of opening oiQ the ding valve: this amount of opening 'is f eiendent on the position both the leading the main valve.

i posiadmission tion. According to the to the extent ot opening the pressne in the chai cause the main valve to i i i certain amount oic opening oit he reading valve, the pressure in th c *"inber c is just such as to maintain the ma r value in equilibrium: this may be in any position.

lt the main valve in equilibrium and its extent ot opening is such as to adn t feed-water to the boiler in jiust suiiicient quantity to balance the evaporation in the boiler, then the iloat y remains statioi'iary; anc as the leading' valve will then be stationary, there will be nothing to d' rb the main valve and its extent of opening.

Now, suppose that the evaporation rate in the boiler increases. rllhe float will then tall, the leading valve will rise, the pressure in the chamber c will be raised, the main valve will rise, and there will be an increased i'iow of feed-water into the boiler. `Vith a falling oil in the steaming rate, the action will be on analogous but reversed lines.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. Feed water regulator for boilers comprising a main valve which acts to control the admission ot feed water to the boiler, a chamber containing water Linder pressure, means whereby the pressure in this chamber acts to open or close the said main valve, a leak-oil7 passage from the saidchambenafloat chamber, means for maintaining the water level in this float chamber the same as in the boiler, a float in said float chamber, a leading valve, means whereby the said float controls the said leading valve in accordance with the water level in the float chamber, means for admitting high-pressure water to the lirst-mentioned chamber, the leading valve acting to control. the said last-mentioned means, the

rrangement being such that an opening movement or he said main valve tends to close the said leading valve, and a closing movement of the said main valve tends to open the said leading valve.

2. Feed-water regulator for boilers cornprising a main valve which acts to control the admission of feed water to the boiler, a chamber containing water under pressure, means whereby the pressure in this chamber acts to open or close the said main valve, a leali-off passage from the said chamber, a float chamber, means for maintaining the water level in this floatchamber the same as in the boiler, `a float in said ioat chamber, a leading valve, means whereby the said float controls t-he said leading valve in accordance with the water level in the float chamber, a waterway through the said main valve for admitting high-pressure water to the firstmentioned chamber, the said leading valve acting to control the flow through the said waterway', the arrangement being such that opening movement of the said main valve tends to close the said leading valve, and a closing movement of the said main valve tends to open the said leading` valve.

3. Feed-water regulator' for boilers comprising a main valve which acts to control the admission of feed water to the boiler, a chamber containing water under pressure, means whereby the pressure in this chamber acts to open or close the said main valve, a leali-olf passage from the said chamber, a float chamber, means for maintaining the water level in this float chamber the same as in the boiler, a float in said float chamber, a leading valve, means whereby the said float controls the said leading valve in accordance with the water level in the float chamber, a waterway consisting of two chiots in series through the said main valve for admitting high-pressure water to the f1rst-mentioned chamber, the said leading valve acting to control the iiow through one of said ducts, the arrangement being such that an opening movement of the said main valve tends to close the said leading valve, and a closing movement ofthe said main valve tends to open the said leading valve.

4i. Feed-water regula-tor for boilers comprising a main valve which acts to control the admission et feed water to t-he boiler, a chamber containing water under pressure, means whereby the pressure in this chamber acts to open or close the said main valve, a leakoff passage from the said chamber, a float chamber, means for maintaining the water level in this float chamber the same as in the boiler, a float in'said float chamber, a leading valve, means whereby the said loat controls the said leading valve in accordance with the water level in the float chamber, a chamber in said main valve, a duct in said main valve serving to admit high pressure water to this chamber, a second duct serving to convey Water from this chamber to the rstementoned chamber, the said leading valve acting to control the ow through the said first mentioned duct, the arrangement "being such that an opening movement of the said main Valve tends to close the said leading Valve, and a closing movement of the said main valve tends `to open the said leadin@r valve.

, hereby sign my name to this specification.

JAMES GEORGE WE-IR. 

